Diamond Songs Top Ten: This Diamond Ring (#5)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86713)
United States
December 19, 2020 11:07am CST
Once you stopped thinking about Neil Diamond, today’s tune on the list of favorite songs with “diamond” in the title is probably one of the first ones that came to your mind! Of course I’m not going to disappoint and leave this “gem” of a song off the list. So, here it is!
#5: This Diamond Ring - Gary Lewis & the Playboys
Al...Not Alice.
I remember seeing a photo of Al Kooper wearing a T-shirt that said that. 
While the man who helped create Blood, Sweat, and Tears and produced a boatload of albums (including the first Skynyrd albums) might be confused with Alice Cooper in terms of name similarity, there’s no confusing the two music-wise. I don’t know if Alice Cooper would’ve had a hit with “I’m Eighteen Carats.”
And most of you know (or remember now that I mention it) that Gary Lewis, frontman of Gary Lewis & the Playboys, is the son of legendary comedian Jerry Lewis. This was their first single, and biggest hit.
So here it is for your listening and dancing pleasure!
This Diamond Ring
Written by Al Kooper, Bob Brass, and Irwin Levine
Recorded by Gary Lewis & the Playboys
From This Diamond Ring, 1965
Let it shine for you:
While the man who helped create Blood, Sweat, and Tears and produced a boatload of albums (including the first Skynyrd albums) might be confused with Alice Cooper in terms of name similarity, there’s no confusing the two music-wise. I don’t know if Alice Cooper would’ve had a hit with “I’m Eighteen Carats.”
And most of you know (or remember now that I mention it) that Gary Lewis, frontman of Gary Lewis & the Playboys, is the son of legendary comedian Jerry Lewis. This was their first single, and biggest hit.
So here it is for your listening and dancing pleasure!
This Diamond Ring
Written by Al Kooper, Bob Brass, and Irwin Levine
Recorded by Gary Lewis & the Playboys
From This Diamond Ring, 1965
Let it shine for you:
1965 - hidup lagu - lagu jadulll
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8 responses
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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19 Dec 20
Al Kooper was definitely a huge part of the music industry going all the way back to his brief stint with The Royal Teens in 1959. Another member Bob Gaudio later became the keyboard player with The Four Seasons. Never knew he contributed to this classic 60's pop hit.
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@FourWalls (86713)
• United States
21 Dec 20
They need to put Al Kooper in the R&R Hall of Fame.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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22 Dec 20
@FourWalls Blood. Sweat and Tears give a thumbs up 
to that! Totally agree Four Walls..
to that! Totally agree Four Walls..1 person likes this
@popciclecold (40214)
• United States
19 Dec 20
Thanks for the memory, I loved that song. They were really clean cut.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
21 Dec 20
OH I tell you I was dancing to this one..I remember it so well thanks
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@FourWalls (86713)
• United States
19 Dec 20
The good thing is there’s one person on the list you’ve heard OF.
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@RasmaSandra (98030)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Dec 20
I know the song but it was never a favorite of mine
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